You may have noticed that the MiFID II Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) continue to roll off the press at a steady pace signalling finalisation of the Level 2 detail. Last week alone seven RTS documents were adopted by the European Commission, including the long-debated RTS 2 on non-equity transparency and also an RTS on registration of third country firms which could become the focus of significantly more interest in light of the Brexit vote.

From oil price plunges to cheap gas, from renewables’ in-built unpredictability to baseline shifts in the global dynamics of energy market supply and demand, the risk profile of energy trades is increasing and petrochemical companies are finding themselves smack in the middle of these changeable times.

ATB Financial, the largest Alberta-based financial institution, has collaborated with SAP SE, financial technology start-up Ripple Labs Inc. and ReiseBank AG in Germany to send the first real international blockchain payment from Canada to Germany. 

Experian^®, the leading global information services company, today published its first annual global business report covering the convergence of growth strategies and fraud prevention. The report, Global Business Trends: Protecting Growth Ambitions Against Rising Fraud Threats, is designed as a guide for senior executives and fraud prevention professionals, offering new insights on how the alignment of strategies for business growth and fraud prevention can help a business grow revenues while managing risks in an increasingly virtual world.

Impact of FinTech on financial services 

Financial services companies have always been able to adapt their business in the face of external pressure. Companies have become successful by offering new products and services demanded by their customers, complying with evolving regulation by enhancing their control and oversight procedures and investing in new systems. The pressure to grow their business and manage their costs, means many firms have used acquisitions to gain economies of scale or enter new markets.

ABBYY Europe, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, has improved and standardised automated invoice processing for Röchling Automotive AG & Co. KG. The business now uses ABBYY’s FlexiCapture for Invoices at branch offices in four countries to process invoices received via e-mail and paper format. The software captures the documents, extracts the invoice data and sends it to the SAP systems.

Earthport has partnered with Bank of The Bahamas Limited, to provide local payment capability into The Bahamas.

Through this new partnership Earthport will help support the efficient, secure and cost effective payment services into the country and further strengthen payment capability into the Caribbean. Currently, this market is only available for financial institution clients due to a condition of Earthport’s regulatory approval in the Bahamas.

Alceda  has partnered with CBRE Clarion Securities to launch a new infrastructure fund on its Luxembourg-based UCITS platform. As a result, pan-European investors will be able to access CBRE Clarion’s leading listed infrastructure strategy via a liquid and regulated UCITS vehicle.

What does the product do?

CustomerXPs’ Clari5 is an enterprise solution that enables commercial banks to detect transactions in real-time that are fraudulent and/or illegal in terms of Anti-Money Laundering/ Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) laws. 

A leading provider of digital communications services, today announces the latest enhancements to its world-class signaling security solutions, providing operators with the broadest, deepest and fastest response to controlling vulnerabilities across any signaling network.